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Spain as South – the Black Legend has a warm heart

‘Africa begins at the Pyrenees.’ Voltaire
"Whatever has black sounds has duende." Garcia Lorca
Spain seems an exception to civilised Europe. While the Enlightenment promoted the pursuit of reason based on natural order, Spain remained captive to a theatre of violence as it persecuted heretics and bulls. Is this a true [...]

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